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Beyond BRCA and breast cancer risk
Inherited genetic variants contribute to many cancers; genetic testing, counseling key to evaluate risk, identify targeted therapies
Using AI to identify potential COVID-19, cancer therapies
Early findings show current drugs might be repurposed to calm COVID-19’s cytokine storms, treat metastatic prostate cancer
Life lessons in genetics, race and social justice
Science Education Partnership’s free, open-source curriculum units help high schoolers separate bias from biology
Cancer clinical trials exclude too many patients: That’s changing
Calls for equity, inclusion and better access boost pre-pandemic efforts to open up eligibility, streamline trials
Cancer-busting broccoli sprout pills? It’s a thing.
Translational scientist’s ‘green chemoprevention’ research extends from eastern China to Seattle and now, into space
Catching up with cancer as COVID-19 starts to ebb
Public health researchers scramble to get preventive cancer screenings back on peoples’ radar – and calendars – as cases dwindle and restrictions lift
Black with cancer: ‘It shouldn’t be different’
Hutch/UW Consortium health equity team works to reduce cancer risk and racial bias, improve care for Black communities and patients
New studies highlight cancer inequities in hospice care, financial impacts
Analyses shared at ASCO annual meeting show lack of home hospice care for Medicaid patients during COVID-19; quantify financial hardships
Bringing science and better health outcomes to all
Fred Hutch’s Pathways to Equity Symposium: Heartbreaking statistics, hopeful plans, and recognition for a pair of health-equity trailblazers
Dr. Yingye Zheng named fellow of American Statistical Association
Honored for work to develop biomedical decision tools
Risk vs. benefit: Bisphosphonates in breast cancer
These common drugs can curb metastasis to bone and may even keep DCIS in check, but side effects make education and awareness crucial
Fred Hutch eyes the future of weight loss
Successful pilot study uses acceptance and commitment phone therapy to help people lose weight; new $3.7M grant will launch full-scale trial
Women’s Health Initiative continues on at Fred Hutch
Nearly 30 years after its launch, the WHI and its data are still going strong, producing key findings
Learning to trust science with your life
Diseases like cancer and COVID-19 can be scary; leaning into the science helps you feel more empowered
Shed the pandemic pounds ... and the stupor
As vaccines roll out and the crisis ebbs, get more sleep, eat mostly plants, keep moving and stay connected
Cancer patients and the COVID-19 vaccines
Clinicians, cancer patients and coronavirus researchers weigh in on vaccination safety, timing, allergy concerns and more
What’s new in breast cancer research? SABCS20 goes virtual
Hutch scientists share findings on treatment, imaging, CAR T therapy, COVID-19’s impact on cancer patients and more
Democratizing DNA-based health risk scores
Hutch-led consortium receives $9.8M grant to improve genetic risk prediction for cardiovascular disease in racially and ethnically diverse populations
New cancer drugs lead to life-threatening financial choices
Hutch researchers in HICOR take on one of cancer treatment’s deadliest side effects, financial toxicity; call for Medicare policy change
New protocols, precision approaches ahead for lung cancer
Hutch researchers launch liquid biopsy study; large biomarker protocol publishes, providing ‘roadmap’ for treatment of metastatic patients